AKEP
Electronic and Postal Communications Authority
+355 numbering, alphanumeric sender ID, NDAL/HELP, AUP for all 3 carriers.
Read AKEP guide →AKEP · IDP · 3 carriers
Notifications
built for Albania
with besa and audit trail.
SMS via tier-1 international A2P gateway across Vodafone Albania, One Albania and ALBtelecom with alphanumeric sender ID. Transactional email, WhatsApp Business, Viber and PSD2 OTP — one platform, signed receipts for AKEP and the Information Commissioner.
8 protocols · 3 carriers · 1 platform
Vodafone ALOne ALALBtelecom
Latency P50
2.6 s
Banking OTP
PSD2
GDPR + IDP
Ready
Protokollet · 4notify Albania ledger
Albania is more than coast — each protocol is a word of honour
In Albania, banks (BKT, Raiffeisen, Credins, Intesa, OTP) want PSD2 OTP in 3 seconds, the tourism sector in Sarandë / Vlorë / Ksamil handles 4M+ visitors yearly at 80% WhatsApp penetration, Albanian universities (UT, UPT, Aldent, Polis) manage 100k+ students, and the global diaspora (1.4M Albanians abroad) sends €1.5B in remittances.
All this in a country with three mobile carriers (Vodafone AL, One AL, ALBtelecom) and two key authorities: AKEP for telecoms and the Information Commissioner for Personal Data Protection. 4notify delivers SMS, email, WhatsApp, Viber, push and OTP with a signed audit trail for every message.
Each protocol in the registry — Albania's edition of the 4notify playbook — tackles one vertical: banking, IPS payments, tourism, AKEP compliance, universities, agri-exports, eAlbania NUIS, global diaspora. All bilingual sq/en. All with protocol number, sigil and one-click exportable delivery trails.
8 protocols · 4 channels · 1 trail
The protocol ledger — eight handbooks for Albania
From BKT margin calls to AKEP routing, from UPT tuition to diaspora remittances. Each protocol carries number and sigil.
P-AL-001🇦🇱 · Approved
Banking
PSD2 SCA: low-latency OTP delivery for online banking in Albania
smspush
P-AL-002🇦🇱 · Approved
Payments
AIPS Albania Instant Payment System: second-level confirmations
pushsms
P-AL-003🇦🇱 · Approved
Tourism
Booking confirmations for Sarandë, Vlorë, Durrës — WhatsApp + SMS
whatsappsmsemail
P-AL-004🇦🇱 · Approved
Telecoms
AKEP & Albanian numbering: prefixes, sender ID, STOP keyword
sms
P-AL-005🇦🇱 · Approved
Education
Enrolment confirmations for University of Tirana, UPT, Aldent, Polis
emailsmspush
P-AL-006🇦🇱 · Approved
Agriculture
Export notifications for Albanian agribusiness: olives, citrus, olive oil
emailsmswebhook
P-AL-007🇦🇱 · Approved
eGov
Notifications for eAlbania, NUIS and tax filings
emailsms
P-AL-008🇦🇱 · Approved
Diaspora
Communications for Albanian diaspora in Italy, Greece, Switzerland, US
whatsappvibersmsemail
What is 4notify.net?
4notify.net is a B2B automated notification platform that enables businesses to send SMS messages, WhatsApp notifications and automated alerts to customers and employees. The platform complies with electronic communications regulations in 32+ EU/EEA countries and provides a simple JWT REST API for direct integration into any application.
What you can do with 4notify.net
- Send marketing and promotional SMS messages
- Transactional notifications (order confirmation, invoices, payments)
- Automated customer alerts (stock, prices, deadlines)
- Two-factor authentication (2FA) via SMS
- WhatsApp Business notifications
- Automated status checks
- Multi-country SMS campaigns across EU/EEA
Advantages
- ✓Simple REST API with JWT authentication — integrate in hours
- ✓Multi-channel: SMS + WhatsApp from a single account
- ✓Dedicated Sender ID — use your company name as sender
- ✓GDPR compliance and local EU regulations per market
- ✓Transparent pricing with no hidden costs or commitments
- ✓32+ active EU/EEA markets with dedicated sender IDs
- ✓Dashboard with real-time delivery reports
Limitations
- —No free plan or trial with included credits
- —Does not support email marketing or native push notifications
- —No drag-and-drop editor for visual campaigns
- —Primarily EU/EEA coverage — less suited for global markets
How 4notify.net works
Pas 1
Create your account
Register your company and receive an API key instantly from the dashboard.
Pas 2
Integrate the API
Call REST endpoints with JWT Bearer. Complete documentation, integration in a few hours.
Pas 3
Send notifications
SMS and WhatsApp notifications reach recipients in seconds, with real-time delivery reports.
4notify.net vs competitors
| Feature | 4notify.net | Twilio | MessageBird | Brevo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channels | SMS + WhatsApp | SMS + WA + Voice + Email | SMS + WA + Voice + Email | SMS + Email + WA |
| SMS price (EU) | ~€0.04–0.07 | ~€0.05–0.15 | ~€0.04–0.12 | ~€0.05–0.08 |
| EU data storage | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ US/EU | ⚠️ US/EU | ✅ Yes |
| EU Sender ID | ✅ Included | 💲 Extra cost | 💲 Extra cost | ⚠️ Limited |
| Active EU markets | 32+ | 180+ global | 180+ global | 30+ |
| Local language support | ✅ Multi-limbă | ❌ EN only | ❌ EN only | ✅ Multi-lang |
| Simple API (JWT) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Complex | ⚠️ Complex | ✅ Yes |
Frequently asked questions about 4notify.net
Partner programme
20% recurring for life, SEPA payout, monthly settlement
Accounting firms with >50 clients, customs agents in Durrës and financial consultants in Tirana have automatic access to the 4notify partner programme. We pay 20% on every subscription renewal for the lifetime of the client.
Monthly payout via SEPA to your account at BKT, Raiffeisen, Credins, Intesa Albania or OTP Albania. VAT auto-calculated. Audit trail per commission, exportable to Excel.
Join the programme- 0120% recurring for life, no cap
- 02SEPA to all Albanian banks
- 03Marketing materials in sq/en/it/el
- 04Accounting export to Excel + CSV
- 05Albanian-speaking account manager
Albania regulatory framework
Two supervisors, one signed flow
4notify delivers with a compliance trail for AKEP and the Information Commissioner at the same time — no separate consent ledgers needed.
IDP
Information & Personal Data Protection Commissioner
GDPR + Law 9887/2008, soft opt-in, consent ledger, 5-year retention after deletion.
Inline in every protocol